The pimply-faced youth tosses Kazuto and Keith a badge resembling a cartoon heart, half pink and half white.
"Here's your badges. T-thanks!"
He sprints off.
The party has attained the Midgardia Emblem. "Right. Cool. Okay....so. We'll get our crew ready and....I guess we meet you later?"
Borea, meanwhile, is taken aside by Serena.
"Yeah, sis, what is it you wanted?" "...good job." "Is that all you wanted to say?" ".....d-don't let our sisters get you down, sis. I...well, I'm happy to help you, we're all happy to help, but...." "Shut up already." "Huh?" "I appreciate the compliment. Thank you. But...."Serena looks back over at Team F.
"They did the good job. Not me." "...I have to be a better goddess for them. They've carried me so far and....they stood up for me against our sisters. You know how long it's been since anyone did that for me?" "I can't stand aside. From now on, I'll....do my best for them too. Even if they are still mortals. N-not that I care that much about them."Borea simply gives her sister a headpat.
"....you've grown up a little on Generia, sister. I'm proud."Serena promotes to Water Goddess.Stats updated.
Meanwhile, in Ultima Fortress... "It would seem that the godlings have reunited."Mammon sighed, as he, Leviathan and Mephistopheles watched Team F's victory over Great Grandee in Midgardia. He looked over at his commander.
"We will need to move quickly. The others have disappeared, and I can feel the barrier weakening. That godling and her heroes....they're getting stronger." "We must be prudent about this, my love. I don't want you to get hurt." "These mortals....if they even knew half of what we knew, surely-" "Enough."Mammon and Leviathan looked over at the Demon Lord.
"....we're out of options. Leviathan, do you still have your connections in Kaisei?" "Yes, my lord." "Make sure we can use them. Mammon....ready your forces." "My lord?" "Locate Beelzebub in Blobbonia. If we can get to them before the godling and her forces, we may still yet have a chance against these mortals. Now go."Mammon and Leviathan shared a look, and then left the presence of Mephistopheles. The Demon Lord closed his eyes, sighing.
"...what must be done will be done."He took a stroll into a side chamber. This chamber was locked away from all of the other Demon Generals; nobody, save him, was permitted to walk inside. It was a lonely chamber, hewn from dark stone and lit by jagged metal braziers. The only thing in the middle of the room was a lonely, golden casket, the top made of glass.
He stood back from it, before genuflecting. His voice shook as he spoke.
"...as the greater will of Hellrealm dictates. For you, Master Demogorgia, we will continue the war against the mortals."
Meanwhile, elsewhere in Generia..."....I see. So that's how it is."Team F's victory against Great Grandee played out on the crystal tablet before her. Her house was sparsely decorated, but tastefully so; black and gold, the colors of her domain, the symbols of her domain over earth and wealth. Orderly, well-crafted and put-together.
Unlike her sisters.
"...I can't see Discordia anymore. It seems my sisters are really trying to make things harder, aren't they?"She stood up, picking up her favored lance, a simple affair, made of gold and black iron, a symbol of her authority. Walking over to a window, she overlooked the world outside.
"...those are unfair odds to put Serena under. I've sat out long enough. I left for a reason, but...."Rhea Harmonia Genesia, Goddess of Order, Earth and Contracts, looked over the plains of Blobbonia.
"...don't worry, my sisters. I'm coming home."